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Sam Fuld has avoided today’s arbitration deadline and agreed to a 1-year, $725,000 contract with the Rays (via Marc Topkin). Fuld had been projected to make $500,000 through arbitration. Topkin is also reporting that Ryan Roberts and Matt Joyce have reached deals, but details on their contracts are not yet […]

The Rays and Jeff Niemann have avoided arbitration and agreed to a 1-year, $3 million deal (via Jon Heyman). The two sides had until 1pm this afternoon to reach an agreement or the two sides would have gone to an arbitrator to determine Niemann’s 2013 salary. Niemann was projected to […]

Buster Olney of ESPN.com is reporting that JP Howell has agreed to a 1-year, $3 million deal. Howell had been in the Rays organization since 2006 when he was acquired in a trade for Joey Gathright and Fernando Cortez. After making 18 starts for the Rays in 2006 and 2007, […]

[UPDATE] Jon Heyman says the deal is for $10.1 million. [YESTERDAY] Jerry Crasnick of ESPN.com is reporting that David Price has agreed to a 1-year contract with the Rays. Terms of the deal are not yet known. Price was eligible for arbitration for the second time. He made $4.35 million […]

The Astros wanted Andrew Friedman, but they will have to settle for Carlos Pena in their effort to be just like the Rays. Danny Knobler of CBSSports.com is reporting that the Astros and Pena have agreed to a one-year, $2.9 million contract. Pena could earn another $1.4 million in incentives. Pena made […]

The Royals and Rays have finally completely their long-rumored deal and it is much bigger than anybody anticipated. The Rays are sending James Shields, Wade Davis, and a player to be named later to the Royals for Minor League Player of the Year Wil Myers, and three other prospects. The […]

TheRays lost minor league pitchers Kyle Lobstein and Braulio Lara in this morning’s Rule 5 Draft. Lobstein was taken by the Mets with the 10th pick and Lara was drafted by the Marlins in the second round (via MLBTR). The Rays did not draft any players in the draft. Lobstein […]

Last week the James Shields-for-Wil Myers trade seemed dead in the water as both teams appeared to want more. Well, now it sounds like the Royals have backed down from wanting more than just Shields for Myers and the potential deal seems to have new life. Bob Dutton reports (via […]

[Update] Rays have now officially announced the deal. [Update] Marc Topkin is now reporting that is a done deal. [Earlier] Danny Knobler of CBSSports.com is reporting (via Twitter) that the Rays are close to completing a trade with the Marlins for shortstop Yunel Escobar. In exchange, the Marlins would acquire […]